AstanaKazakhstan
Current time in Astana, Kazakhstan
Friday, 25 September 2026
Kazakhstan TimeUTC+05:00
⛶ Full-screen clockAstana time at a glance
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Location
- Capital city of Kazakhstan
- Time zone
Asia/Almaty- UTC offset now
UTC+05:00- Current zone label
- GMT+5
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Astana time guide
Does Astana change its clocks?
UTC+05:00.- Year-round offset
- UTC+05:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Asia/Almaty
- Astana and London
- 5 hours ahead during GMT; 4 hours ahead during BST
- Astana and New York
- 10 hours ahead during EST; 9 hours ahead during EDT
Capital and city-level region
Astana is reported as a separate city region
Kazakhstan's Bureau of National Statistics reported 1,682,721 residents in Astana city on July 1, 2026. The figure uses the city-level administrative boundary and is separate from the surrounding Akmola Region.
Time-zone identity for Astana
- IANA zone
Asia/Almaty- UTC offset now
- UTC+05:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+5
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Astana is currently 5 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Astana
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 30 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Astana
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Almaty, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
- UTC+05:00 UTC+05:00UTC offset decreased by
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Astana, capital of Kazakhstan
Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Kazakhstan
- Administrative area
- Kazakhstan
- Population
- 1,544,142
- Coordinates
- 51.1801° N, 71.4460° E. The elevation is 358 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Astana
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Astana. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- StepnogorskAqmola, Kazakhstan134 km north
Asia/AlmatySame local time - TemirtauKaraganda, Kazakhstan165 km southeast
Asia/AlmatySame local time - MakinskAqmola, Kazakhstan176 km northwest
Asia/AlmatySame local time - SaranKaraganda, Kazakhstan182 km southeast
Asia/AlmatySame local time - ShakhtinskKaraganda, Kazakhstan183 km southeast
Asia/AlmatySame local time - KaragandyKaraganda, Kazakhstan193 km southeast
Asia/AlmatySame local time
Sources for Astana time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Astana city regional statisticsBureau of National Statistics of Kazakhstan · Updated for 2026-07-01 · AccessedOfficial current population for the city-level region.